Today we are taking a look at the slightly more conservatively clocked ‘A8G’ ASUS ROG STRIX GTX 1080. With an out-of-the-box boost clock of up to 1809MHz (1835MHz if you enable the OC mode in ASUS’ software), the A8G STRIX is around 90MHz slower than the STRIX OC O8G model. But for the A8G’s reduced clock speed you get a purchase cost saving pushing towards £100 and considerably wider availability from retailers.

AMD initially unveiled the Polaris-based Radeon Pro WX-series of professional workstation graphics cards all the way back in July at SIGGRAPH. Along with the initial announcement, AMD also disclosed that all of the cards would be built and sold by AMD exclusively, that the cards would carry 10-year warranties, and be backed by 24/7 VIP support. The FirePro brand would eventually be phased out as well, with the Radeon Pro moniker taking over as the company's pro graphics branding.
Though the first run of Radeon Pro WX graphics cards are built around the same Polaris 10 and Polaris 11 GPUs as the mainstream Radeon RX 470 and RX 460 products, the Radeon Pro WX 4100 and WX 5100 series cards we'll be looking at here are different animals. Their clocks, coolers, PCB, and memory configurations are different, and because they target the professional workstation market, the amount of qualification the boards and their associated software and drivers go through is significantly more stringent...

MSI's GTX 1070 Quick Silver does away with the red-and-black color theme and uses stylish silver instead. Thanks to the powerful cooler from the GTX 1070 Gaming Z, the card is the coolest and quietest GTX 1070 we ever tested. It also comes at a rather affordable $425.

This is the MSI GTX 1050 OC 2G graphic, Nvidia’s low(est?) current generation graphic card you can get your hands on. Most of these graphic cards have limited performance compared to the GTX 1070, RX 480 and even the GTX 1060. Typical with the GeForce xx50 labeled GPUs, its limited performance is good enough for certain titles without the need to upgrade that cheap power supply. Its also acts as a replacement for upgrading graphics provided by the current generation CPUs. As you would expect, Nvidia did compare this with previous two mainstream processors from Intel. The entire explanation of the 14nm GP107 core is covered in the GTX 1050 Ti review.

I have the Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 1050 Ti and MSI GTX 1050 OC graphic card. These variants do not have a Founders edition available in retail. The reference specs are nothing more than a minimum paper specification. Nvidia’s AIB partners will have its own versions with variable cooling, PCB designs and variable factory clock settings.

The AWD-IT Aura system uses the GTX 1070, which we reviewed in June over HERE. Alongside that we find an i7-6700K overclocked to 4.5GHz, as well as 16GB of 3000MHz Corsair DDR4 and a Samsung 750 EVO SSD. It is certainly a good spec on paper, and with a price of £1499 it looks to offer good value.

The RX 480 is AMD’s flagship product in the Polaris series and designed to provide a stellar PC gaming experience without breaking the bank. Rather impressively, this mainstream graphics card can maintain fluid frame rates while powering some of the most demanding games available today. Not only that, the RX 480 supports FreeSync, Eyefinity and has an architecture built from the ground up for the latest APIs including Vulkan. Of course, there’s fierce competition around the £200 mark in the form of the GTX 1060 and AMD’s previous generation offerings. Although, the RX 480’s ability to deploy asynchronous compute efficiently makes it a good investment for the future.

"A little over a month ago NVIDIA announced both the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and GeForce GTX 1050 graphics cards. These are designed for MOBA gamers and gamers who will only be gaming in 1080p resolutions. These cards effectively replace the older GeForce GTX 750 Ti graphics card. The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is the more powerful of the two card featuring 768 CUDA cores spread across 6 streaming multiprocessors, 48 TMUs, 32 ROPs, and 4GB of GDDR5 memory across a 128-bit wide memory interface. Today we will be taking a look at Zotac's OC Edition of the card which features a base clock of 1392 MHz and a GPU boost of 1506 MHz. This is compared to the GTX 1050 Ti's reference speeds of 1290 MHz core and 1392 MHz GPU boost."

For this review we are testing the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB OC EDITION that obviously comes with a factory tweak and a custom cooler and PCB design. We'll talk about the precise specs on these puppies during the photo shoot.

Some time ago, AMD officially launched the RX 480 as a VR-compliment GPU which targets a mainstream price point. Prior to this release, affordable graphics solutions struggled to contend with demanding presets and provided a sub-par user experience. The RX 480, especially in the 4GB flavour is superb value and can even maintain fluid frame rates alongside a 2560×1440 display with modest settings. Not only that, the RX 480 excels in modern titles which employ the latest APIs and supports asynchronous compute. Of course, custom models have been unveiled sporting improved power delivery, significant factory overclocks and more attractive visual designs.

The GTX 1050 Ti was recently released and designed as a budget 1080p GPU which has enough horsepower to deliver an enjoyable gaming experience. Even though a lot of attention revolves around premium products like the GTX 1080, these remain an inaccessible proposition for the majority of users. As a result, it’s vital to review configurations which the mainstream audience can afford and data from AMD’s internal researchsuggests most people purchase a GPU within the $100-$300 price bracket. Thankfully, the GTX 1050 Ti has spawned a number of new creations from system integrators which remove the hassle of building a system from scratch.

Under the spotlight today is the ZOTAC GTX 1050 Ti OC Edition. This graphics card makes use of super-compact dimensions which project it into the small form factor arena. Combine the small footprint with PCI Express bus power and we have in our hands a rather versatile piece of kit which also bears an 8% overclock to the GPU.

"It’s obvious at this point that the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, starting at $139, offers a fantastic upgrade option for consumers that have existing OEM or under-powered PCs and want to get their feet wet with the wonderful world of PC games. If you are targeting a 1080p display, which again, the vast majority of consumers are doing, then this class of GPU is a great balance between cost and performance."

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PCSTATS can show you how to replace that busted laptop screen with a minimum of fuss and for less money than a service center charges. PCSTATS will be fixing a cracked LCD screen on a Lenovo T530 ThinkPad notebook, the general procedures outlined here work for any notebook though.